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People wear masks and chant slogans outside a shopping mall as they take part in a rally in the Tsim Sha Tsui district in Hong Kong on Saturday.

World News

Hong Kong Protesters Defy Ban On Face Masks And Adopt A New Slogan

7:46am October 05, 2019

by Emily Feng

"We have the right to wear face masks," protesters in Hong Kong chanted Saturday. It followed a night of violent protests and pitched street battles among hardcore demonstrators and police Friday.

Pedestrians on the Puerta Mexico bridge, which crosses the Rio Grande, wait to enter Brownsville, Texas, at a legal port of entry in Matamoros, Mexico, in August.

National

ACLU Calls On Homeland Security To Stop Turning Away Pregnant Asylum-Seekers

7:01am October 05, 2019

by Reynaldo Leaños Jr.

Attorneys for the organization say vulnerable populations are supposed to be excluded from the groups of asylum-seekers being sent back to Mexico to wait for their U.S. immigration court hearings.

President Trump speaking to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House on Friday.

National

Trump Bars Immigrants Who Cannot Pay For Health Care

11:16pm October 04, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The proclamation issued Friday evening is the latest move by the administration to limit the number of low-income immigrants granted entry to the U.S.

The parts of the scroll were scanned using shortwave-infrared hyperspectral imaging.

Science

Ancient Greek Scroll's Hidden Contents Revealed Through Infrared Imaging

10:59pm October 04, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

More than 200 years ago, a scroll damaged by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius was unrolled and pasted onto cardboard, even though it had writing on the back. New imagery shows some of what's hidden.

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A worker assembles an industrial valve at Emerson Electric Co.'s factory in Marshalltown, Iowa. The manufacturing sector has seen a slowdown amid the ongoing trade war.

Hiring Steady As Employers Add 136,000 Jobs; Unemployment Dips To 3.5%

10:58pm October 04, 2019

by Scott Horsley

U.S. employers added 136,000 jobs in September — a sign of continued resilience in the labor market amid growing signals that the economy is losing steam. The jobless rate was the lowest since 1969.

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Ukraine's prosecutor general, Ruslan Ryaboshapka, announced Friday that he will review cases involving Hunter Biden but that he isn't aware of any evidence of wrongdoing by Biden.

Ukraine Conducts Probe Sought By Trump Regarding Hunter Biden's Former Employer

8:16pm October 04, 2019

by David Welna

A new top prosecutor will review 15 dropped corruption investigations involving the owner of a gas firm on whose board Hunter Biden sat. Ruslan Ryaboshapka says he knows of no evidence against Biden.

President Trump talks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House on Friday, demanding that the House formally vote on an impeachment inquiry before responding to lawmakers' requests for documents.

Trump Challenges House On Impeachment Vote. Pelosi Says She's Unmoved

6:45pm October 04, 2019

by Philip Ewing

The president told reporters on Friday that he's being treated "very unfairly" and that what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls impeachment isn't real until the full chamber casts a vote.

Microsoft said it has seen "significant cyber activity" by a hacker group with suspected ties to Iran.

Microsoft Says Iranians Tried To Hack U.S. Presidential Campaign

6:15pm October 04, 2019

by Shannon Bond

Microsoft says a hacker group with ties to Iran has targeted a U.S. campaign, in the latest sign that foreign governments may try to influence the 2020 election.

Texas voter Alston Beinhorn (left), presidential candidate Julián Castro, NPR host Lulu Garcia-Navarro and voter Dani Marrero Hi at Mi Tierra in San Antonio, Texas, on Sept. 30, 2019.

'I Have To Ask You This': Julián Castro Pressed By Immigration Activist, Rancher

5:54pm October 04, 2019

NPR's new series Off Script, which gives voters the chance to sit down with presidential candidates and ask questions, kicks off with undecided voters and former HUD Secretary Julián Castro.

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What To Know About The Ukrainian Company At The Heart Of Trump's Biden Allegations

4:45pm October 04, 2019

by Lucian Kim

Burisma Group, the company where former Vice President Joe Biden's son Hunter served on the board of directors, keeps a low profile even as it promotes itself as a major natural gas producer.